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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mugzinnys, post: 415709, member: 228&quot;]Thanks Natasha, for your translation and sharing your knowledge of Ukrainian history.</p><p>Mine is printed on wood. Yours is much more elaborate I love the carving detail work that, when into it to create the 3D effect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Browen sugested&nbsp; (Marquetry) </p><ol> <li>inlaid work made from small pieces of variously colored wood or other materials, used chiefly for the decoration of furniture.</li> </ol><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>Testament (Zapovit)</b></i><b></b></p><p><b>When I am dead, bury me</b></p><p><b>In my beloved Ukraine,</b></p><p><b>My tomb upon a grave mound high</b></p><p><b>Amid the spreading plain,</b></p><p><b>So that the fields, the boundless steppes,</b></p><p><b>The Dnieper&#039;s plunging shore</b></p><p><b>My eyes could see, my ears could hear</b></p><p><b>The mighty river roar.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>When from Ukraine the Dnieper bears</b></p><p><b>Into the deep blue sea</b></p><p><b>The blood of foes ... then will I leave</b></p><p><b>These hills and fertile fields --</b></p><p><b>I&#039;ll leave them all and fly away</b></p><p><b>To the abode of God,</b></p><p><b>And then I&#039;ll pray .... But till that day</b></p><p><b>I nothing know of God.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Oh bury me, then rise ye up</b></p><p><b>And break your heavy chains</b></p><p><b>And water with the tyrants&#039; blood</b></p><p><b>The freedom you have gained.</b></p><p><b>And in the great new family,</b></p><p><b>The family of the free,</b></p><p><b>With softly spoken, kindly word</b></p><p><b>Remember also me. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]145013[/ATTACH]</b></p><p><b>Washington D.C.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[MEDIA=youtube]zJeBgeMcuyc[/MEDIA]</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&lt;iframe width=&quot;1339&quot; height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zJeBgeMcuyc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zJeBgeMcuyc" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/zJeBgeMcuyc</a>&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allow=&quot;autoplay; encrypted-media&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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